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The movie's plot is based on the true story of a group of young computer hackers from Hannover, Germany. In the late 1980s the orphaned Karl Koch invests his heritage in a flat and a home computer. At first he dials up to bulletin boards to discuss conspiracy theories inspired by his favorite novel, R.A. Wilson's "Illuminatus", but soon he and his friend David start breaking into government and military computers. Pepe, one of Karl's rather criminal acquaintances senses that there is money in computer cracking - he travels to east Berlin and tries to contact the KGB.

1998 |1h 39m |  Drama, Thriller

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Cast

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August Diehl

Karl Koch

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Fabian Busch

David

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Dieter Landuris

Pepe

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Jan-Gregor Kremp

Lupo

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Burghart Klaußner

Weber

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Stephan Kampwirth

Jochen Maiwald

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Zbigniew Zamachowski

Sergej

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Peter Fitz

Brückner

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Lilly Marie Tschörtner

Beate

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Patrick Joswig

Alex

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Sven Lehmann

Computerverkäufer

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Regine Zimmermann

Pepes Freundin

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Armin Dillenberger

Kellner im Zug

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Oscar Ortega Sánchez

Mr. Minit

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Brigitte Janner

Sekretärin

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Hedi Kriegeskotte

Heimleiterin Frau Helldorff

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Hanns Zischler

Karls Vater

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Karin Gregorek

Karls Stiefmutter

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Dietrich Brüggemann

Bit

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Muammar Gaddafi

Self (archive footage)

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Hans-Dietrich Genscher

Self (archive footage)

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Richard von Weizsäcker

Self (archive footage)

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Olof Palme

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Status

Released

Language

Russian, German, English

Budget

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Revenue

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